A Discrimination Report Card

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kline, Patrick; Rose, Evan k.; Walters, Christopher r.
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Berkeley; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20230700
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 2472-2525
• 关键词: false discovery rate; BAYES; lakisha; black; INFORMATION; EMPLOYMENT; QUALITY; impacts

摘要

We develop an empirical Bayes ranking procedure that assigns ordinal grades to noisy measurements, , balancing the information content of the assigned grades against the expected frequency of ranking errors. Applying the method to a massive correspondence experiment, , we grade the race and gender contact gaps of 97 US employers, , the identities of which we disclose for the first time. The grades are presented alongside measures of uncertainty about each firm's contact gap in an accessible report card that is easily adaptable to other settings where ranks and levels are of simultaneous interest. ( JEL C11, D22, J15, J16, J71) )